Blog
Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith...
Blog
The Challenge of Small Island Developing States
by
Wim Naudé, Mark McGillivray, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino
July 2010
Wim Naudé, Mark McGillivray and Amelia U. Santos-Paulino A vital part of WIDER's research agenda has in recent years focused on the challenges faced...
Blog
Climate Change Adds to Risks in North Africa
by
Imed Drine
September 2011
Imed Drine The climate change threat North Africa is going through a turbulent year. With much of the focus on political transition, there is a danger...
Blog
Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard Risk
by
Somik V. Lall, Uwe Deichmann
February 2010
Somik V. Lall and Uwe Deichmann Following the terrible disaster which struck Haiti last month, in which more than 200,000 people are estimated to have...
Blog
The Climate Change Challenge: Two Arguments for Acting Now
by
Kemal Dervis
February 2009
Kemal Derviş The debate on climate change has evolved in recent years from being about whether climate change is a serious problem, towards being...
Blog
How climate change increases vulnerability to human trafficking in the Philippines
by
Marta Furlan
December 2023
As COP28 unfolds, I share new findings on the impact of climate change on human rights violations and, more specifically, on human trafficking as...
Blog
'La tè tranble nan peyi d'Ayiti': The Earth Trembles in Haiti
by
Evans Jadotte
February 2010
Evans Jadotte On Tuesday January 12 2010, a 7.0 Richter scale earthquake, off the coast of Haiti destroyed its capital Port-au-Prince. It also razed...
Seminar
Ricardo Santos presents on vulnerability to natural shocks in Mozambique
On 3 April, Ricardo Santos, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, will give a presentation at a seminar at the Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) on ‘Vulnerability to Natural Shocks: Assessing the Short-Term Impact of Consumption...
Wed, 3 April 2019
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
London,
United Kingdom
Past event
Seminar
Vincenzo Salvucci presents at the Inclusive Growth in Mozambique 2019 seminar series
Vincenzo Salvucci, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen, will present a seminar on 13 March 2019 at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo. The seminar is titled Vulnerabilidade às Calamidades Naturais: Avaliação do Impacto a Curto Prazo...
Wed, 13 March 2019
Faculty of Economics, Postgraduate Room, the Eduardo Mondlane University, Main Campus,
Av. Julius Nyerere nr. 3453,
Maputo,
Mozambique
Past event